Mid States Company is a regional chain department store. It will remain in business for one more

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Mid States Company is a regional chain department store. It will remain in business for one more year. The probability of a boom year is 60 percent and the probability of a recession is 40 percent. It is projected that the company will generate a total cash flow of $64 million in a boom year and $39 million in a recession. The company’s required debt payment at the end of the year is $48 million. The market value of the company’s outstanding debt is $41 million.
The company pays no taxes.
a. What payoff do bondholders expect to receive in the event of a recession?
b. What is the promised return on the company’s debt?
c. What is the expected return on the company’s debt?

Expected Return
The expected return is the profit or loss an investor anticipates on an investment that has known or anticipated rates of return (RoR). It is calculated by multiplying potential outcomes by the chances of them occurring and then totaling these...